I made the decision not to do live coverage of the James Atkins hearing. And it proved to be the correct one. The defense request for continuance was granted. Court trial on bifurcated issues and trial setting on Count 2 is on 8/10.
Atkins is under the misguided delusion he is in charge. Dragging out the court trial on bifurcated issues and risking being tried on the second count of attempted murder is a gamble that is his choice. It would be a different jury. The People are taking a chance too but they are not faced with the possibility of another possible life sentence.
Senior Deputy District Attorney Roger Rees is the prosecutor for the case. Mr. Anthony Tall is Atkins' attorney.
See court minutes for details.
The Daryl Jones case was on at the same time. I could have just posted court minutes for that case as well but I chose to cover it and the data was the main reason.
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